The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1887-07-08
KILLED ON THE OMAHA TREsTLE.
Myron Fuller, Carpenter, Struck BY a
Passing Train and his Skull Crushed.
The coroner,s Inquest.

nj Passing Train and his Skull Crushed.
IS The coroner's Inquest.
! A man named Myron Fuller was kill
!, ed on the trestle work of the 0mahs
, railroad in West Mankato, between nine
!. and 10 o'clock Monday eve. The body
! was discovered soon after the accident
by three young men, who notified spec
. ial policeman HOLMAN, who was at Roe
mer's summer garden. The body was
removed to the City Hail, where it re-
!. NAMED during this forenoon, and was
the subject of coroner's inquest 1t is
evident, from what can be learned in the
matter, that Fuller was intoxicated and
|, wandered upon the trestle, sitting or ly-
ing down upon the edge. A passing
train struck him while in this position,
fracturing the skull and crushing fin
ger. 1t is thought that the step of a pas
senger car or caboose must have struck
him.
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number of people this forenoon. A
piece of the skull was broken, so as ex-
pose the brain. Except one finger be-
ing broken, the body was not otherwise
mutilated.
Mr.. Fuller was old soldier, 40 years of
age, and leaves wife and three grown
up sons to mourn his untimely end. He
was carpenter by trade, and had been
working in the city for several months
past. He had farm about eight miles
from the city, upon which his family re-
sided. While in the city he boarded at
the Riverside House. He was working
for Salisbury at the time of his death.
He has lived in this vicinity for twenty
two years, and has always borne good
reputation, and was not known to be a
drinker. He resided in St. James q
number of years ago. He was arrested
yesterday afternoon for being drunk,
but appearing to be sober at 500 p. m,
he was released on his promise to 60
home and not drink any more. 1t is |
probable that he filed up again, as he |
was pretty drunk after supper last night. |
The remains of the deceased were |
the funeral will occur tomorrow.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEST.
As soon as notified of the occurrence,
Coroner Paddock perfected arrange
ments for an inquest, which was held at |
the City Hall during the forenoon. The |
jury was composed of Messrs. w. L. |
Coon, Henry Shaubut, G. C. Burt, w. |
w. Paddock, s. F. Barney and ]. w. |
Hoerr. The testimony elected was as |
follows:
John Quane-The deceased is Myron |
Fuller; have known him % years; he |
married my wife's sister; he has a fam
lily near the Agency with whom he lives: |
worked at the carpenters trade; was |
about 45 years old; never had any fam |
lily trouble; drank some; otherwise |
steady; nothing to lead me to think that |
he would commit suicide.
DR.. William Jacoby-I am practicing
physician of the city of Mankato; exam
med the body; upper part of skull brok-
en- and crushed, and piece entirely |
loose, laying the brain bare; upper and |
lower jaws broken and soft parts cut as
with dull instrument; little finger on
right hand cut and broken; no other in
juries; injuries look as if made by COM
ing in contact with an engine or car; not |
the appearance of having been inflicted |
with a knife, club or other instrument
with which assaults are made; there is |
no appearance of his being dragged |
along or scraped over the track.
J. W. Fowler-I am Chief of Police of
Mankato; recognize body as Fuller's;
known him for IL years; he was taken
In custody yesterday at D. M, for be-
ing drunk, but released him at 5 100 D. M,
he having begged to be released nearly
all the time he was under arrest, and
appeared to be perfectly sober at that
hour; he was pretty drunk; he promis-
ed that he would not drink another drop
and would 60 right home; don't know
whether he was in the habit of drinking.
G. j. Laurence-I keep the Riverside |
House; the dead body is that of Myron
Fuller; have known him for two and
half months, during which time he has
been boarding with me; he has been
working at the carpenters trade; he
came into town yesterday at about 1000
a. M, with his wife and one son; took
dinner with me and left soon after; he
had drank some; he came back to sup
per soon after 500 p. M; was partly |
drunk then; / knew it because he was
very talkative, while he usually is very
quiet; know of nothing to take him in
the direction of South Bend.
Geo. l.. Williamson-I accompanied
Officer Martin and special policeman
Holman last night from Roemer's beer
garden to the place where the body was
found; we found the body on the trestle
on the west side of the railroad bridge,
about two-thirds across the trestle from
the west side, which is about 40 feet
from the west embankment; the body
laid between the outer guard rail and |
steel rail on the south side of the trestle:
the body was lying on its back with the |
feet and legs hanging down between the
ties; the head was toward the east end |
of the bridge, lying on tie; the right
hand was partly on the steel rail; we |
went at about 1000 p. M; the Elmore |
accommodation train passed about half |
an hour before; the body was warm
when we found it; helped lay the body |
on some timbers upon the east embank-
ment, where it lay until conveyance |
was brought.
Charles Hoffman, am a special DO |
liceman of the city of Mankato; the de. |
ceased's hat was below the bridge about |
ten or twelve feet southeast of directly |
under the body; the hat was not cut, |
there was pool of blood under his head |
on the ground; also blood on q tie by |
his head and traces of blood on a tie |
about seven feet west of his head; did |
not see him Roemer's garden, and am
sure he was not there during the even |
ing.
The rest of Hollman's testimony |
agreed with that of Mr.. Williamson's In |
reference to the finding and disposition
of the body and its position.
A recess was taken to allow other wit |
nesses who had been summoned time to |
come, but they not appearing and there
being no objection the jury retired and
soon brought IN verdict of accidental
death caused by the deceased being hit
by locomotive engine or train of cars
on the trustle over the Blue Earth river
at about 1000 p. m. last night.
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